HB 1461: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
GENERAL BILL by Yarkosky
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Revises boards, commissions, & programs established in DBPR; revises general licensing provisions for individuals desiring to be licensed by department; creates auctioneers licensing program, employee leasing companies licensing program, barbers' licensing program, cosmetology licensing program, and professional geologists licensing program in department; revises Clay Ford Scholarship Program; requires department to adopt rules governing licensure, operation, & inspection of mobile barbershops; requires applicants desiring to be licensed as cosmetologist, or in any specialty practice within practice of cosmetology, to submit to department complete set of fingerprints; creates Board of Architecture & Landscape Architecture in department; revises meeting requirements of Construction Industry Licensing Board; prohibits operators of public lodging establishments from offering or charging hourly rates for temporary lodging or sleeping purposes & from offering or renting rooms on hourly basis or for less than one overnight stay.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 2/28/2025 House • Filed
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HB 1461, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/28/2025 at 12:42 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1452 Department of Business and Professional Regulation Truenow Identical Last Action: 2/26/2025 S Filed 
Citations - Statutes (139)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 20.165 Department of Business and Professional Regulation. Page 11 (pdf) 120.54 Rulemaking. Page 171 (pdf) 120.74 Agency annual rulemaking and regulatory plans; reports. Page 173 (pdf) 125.01 Powers and duties. Page 162 (pdf) 125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; inspectors; etc. Page 162 (pdf) 212.08 Sales, rental, use, consumption, distribution, and storage tax; specified exemptions. Page 163 (pdf) 287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited; penalties. Page 175 (pdf) 326.002 Definitions. Page 109 (pdf) 326.006 Powers and duties of division. Page 110 (pdf) 399.035 Elevator accessibility requirements for the physically handicapped. Page 16 (pdf) 440.02 Definitions. Page 165 (pdf) 448.09 Unauthorized aliens; employment prohibited. Page 175 (pdf) 448.095 Employment eligibility. Page 17 (pdf) 448.26 Application. Page 167 (pdf) 455.02 Licensure of members of the Armed Forces in good standing and their spouses or surviving spouses with administrative boards or programs. Page 18 (pdf) 455.2124 Proration of or not requiring continuing education. Page 21 (pdf) 455.213 General licensing provisions. Page 21 (pdf) 458.3265 Pain-management clinics. Page 179 (pdf) 459.0137 Pain-management clinics. Page 181 (pdf) 468.382 Definitions. Page 23 (pdf) 468.384 Florida Board of Auctioneers. Page 110 (pdf) 468.385 Licenses required; qualifications; examination. Page 111 (pdf) 468.3852 Reactivation of license; fee. Page 113 (pdf) 468.3855 Apprenticeship training requirements. Page 113 (pdf) 468.386 Fees; local licensing requirements. Page 114 (pdf) 468.387 Licensing of nonresidents; endorsement; reciprocity. Page 114 (pdf) 468.388 Conduct of an auction. Page 115 (pdf) 468.389 Prohibited acts; penalties. Page 116 (pdf) 468.392 Auctioneer Recovery Fund. Page 118 (pdf) 468.393 Surcharge to license fee; assessments. Page 120 (pdf) 468.395 Conditions of recovery; eligibility. Page 121 (pdf) 468.396 Claims against a single licensee in excess of dollar limitation; joinder of claims, payment; insufficient funds. Page 123 (pdf) 468.397 Payment of claim. Page 124 (pdf) 468.398 Suspension of judgment debtor’s license; repayment by licensee; interest. Page 124 (pdf) 468.399 Expenditure of excess funds. Page 11 (pdf) 468.4315 Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers. Page 174 (pdf) 468.520 Definitions. Page 24 (pdf) 468.521 Board of Employee Leasing Companies; membership; appointments; terms. Page 11 (pdf) 468.522 Rules of the board. Page 124 (pdf) 468.523 Applicability of s. 20.165 and ch. 455. Page 11 (pdf), Page 174 (pdf) 468.524 Application for license. Page 125 (pdf) 468.5245 Change of ownership. Page 126 (pdf) 468.525 License requirements. Page 127 (pdf) 468.526 License required; fees. Page 129 (pdf) 468.527 Licensure and license renewal. Page 131 (pdf) 468.5275 Registration and exemption of de minimis operations. Page 131 (pdf) 468.529 Licensee’s insurance; employment tax; benefit plans. Page 131 (pdf) 468.530 License, contents; posting. Page 132 (pdf) 468.531 Prohibitions; penalties. Page 133 (pdf) 468.532 Discipline. Page 134 (pdf) 471.015 Licensure. Page 31 (pdf) 473.3065 Clay Ford Scholarship Program; Certified Public Accountant Education Minority Assistance Advisory Council. Page 32 (pdf) 476.034 Definitions. Page 23 (pdf) 476.054 Barbers’ Board. Page 11 (pdf) 476.064 Organization; headquarters; personnel; meetings. Page 35 (pdf) 476.074 Legal, investigative, and inspection services. Page 138 (pdf) 476.114 Examination; prerequisites. Page 138 (pdf) 476.134 Examinations. Page 139 (pdf) 476.144 Licensure. Page 140 (pdf) 476.154 Biennial renewal of licenses. Page 142 (pdf) 476.155 Inactive status; reactivation of inactive license. Page 142 (pdf) 476.184 Barbershop licensure; requirements; fee; inspection; license display. Page 36 (pdf) 476.188 Barber services to be performed in registered barbershop; exception. Page 38 (pdf) 476.192 Fees; disposition. Page 143 (pdf) 476.204 Penalties. Page 143 (pdf) 476.214 Grounds for suspending, revoking, or refusing to grant license or certificate. Page 144 (pdf) 476.234 Civil proceedings. Page 145 (pdf) 477.013 Definitions. Page 26 (pdf) 477.0135 Exemptions. Page 166 (pdf) 477.015 Board of Cosmetology. Page 11 (pdf) 477.016 Rulemaking. Page 146 (pdf) 477.018 Investigative services. Page 146 (pdf) 477.019 Cosmetologists; qualifications; licensure; supervised practice; license renewal; endorsement; continuing education. Page 39 (pdf) 477.0201 Specialty registration; qualifications; registration renewal; endorsement. Page 42 (pdf) 477.0212 Inactive status. Page 146 (pdf) 477.022 Examinations. Page 147 (pdf) 477.025 Cosmetology salons; specialty salons; requisites; licensure; inspection; mobile cosmetology salons. Page 147 (pdf) 477.026 Fees; disposition. Page 149 (pdf) 477.0263 Cosmetology services to be performed in licensed salon; exceptions. Page 150 (pdf) 477.028 Disciplinary proceedings. Page 150 (pdf) 477.029 Penalty. Page 152 (pdf) 481.203 Definitions. Page 45 (pdf) 481.205 Board of Architecture and Interior Design. Page 47 (pdf) 481.207 Fees. Page 51 (pdf) 481.209 Examinations. Page 52 (pdf) 481.213 Licensure and registration. Page 53 (pdf) 481.2131 Interior design; practice requirements; disclosure of compensation for professional services. Page 11 (pdf) 481.215 Renewal of license or certificate of registration. Page 55 (pdf) 481.217 Inactive status. Page 56 (pdf) 481.219 Qualification of business organizations. Page 56 (pdf) 481.221 Seals; display of certificate number. Page 57 (pdf) 481.222 Architects performing building code inspection services. Page 59 (pdf) 481.223 Prohibitions; penalties; injunctive relief. Page 60 (pdf) 481.225 Disciplinary proceedings against registered architects. Page 176 (pdf) 481.2251 Disciplinary proceedings against registered interior designers. Page 11 (pdf) 481.229 Exceptions; exemptions from licensure. Page 60 (pdf) 481.231 Effect of part locally. Page 63 (pdf) 481.303 Definitions. Page 63 (pdf) 481.305 Board of Landscape Architecture. Page 11 (pdf) 481.329 Exceptions; exemptions from licensure. Page 11 (pdf) 489.103 Exemptions. Page 167 (pdf) 489.107 Construction Industry Licensing Board. Page 64 (pdf) 489.111 Licensure by examination. Page 64 (pdf) 492.102 Definitions. Page 29 (pdf) 492.103 Board of Professional Geologists. Page 11 (pdf), Page 167 (pdf) 492.104 Rulemaking authority. Page 153 (pdf) 492.105 Licensure by examination; requirements; fees. Page 154 (pdf) 492.106 Provisional licenses. Page 156 (pdf) 492.107 Seals. Page 157 (pdf) 492.108 Licensure by endorsement; requirements; fees. Page 158 (pdf) 492.1101 Inactive status. Page 159 (pdf) 492.111 Practice of professional geology by a firm, corporation, or partnership. Page 159 (pdf) 492.113 Disciplinary proceedings. Page 160 (pdf) 499.01 Permits. Page 183 (pdf) 499.012 Permit application requirements. Page 65 (pdf) 499.0121 Storage and handling of prescription drugs; recordkeeping. Page 72 (pdf) 499.01211 Drug Wholesale Distributor Advisory Council. Page 11 (pdf) 499.015 Registration of drugs and devices; issuance of certificates of free sale. Page 194 (pdf) 499.041 Schedule of fees for drug, device, and cosmetic applications and permits, product registrations, and free-sale certificates. Page 73 (pdf) 499.067 Denial, suspension, or revocation of permit, certification, or registration. Page 178 (pdf) 509.098 Prohibition of hourly rates. Page 73 (pdf) 509.261 Revocation or suspension of licenses; fines; procedure. Page 74 (pdf) 553.73 Florida Building Code. Page 75 (pdf) 553.775 Interpretations. Page 167 (pdf) 553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 168 (pdf) 553.844 Windstorm loss mitigation; requirements for roofs and opening protection. Page 168 (pdf) 558.002 Definitions. Page 162 (pdf) 569.002 Definitions. Page 106 (pdf) 569.006 Retail tobacco products dealers; administrative penalties. Page 107 (pdf) 569.34 Operating without a retail nicotine products dealer permit; penalty. Page 169 (pdf) 569.35 Retail nicotine product dealers; administrative penalties. Page 169 (pdf) 581.217 State hemp program. Page 108 (pdf) 604.50 Nonresidential farm buildings; farm fences; farm signs. Page 170 (pdf) 627.192 Workers’ compensation insurance; employee leasing arrangements. Page 171 (pdf) 713.01 Definitions. Page 195 (pdf) 713.02 Types of lienors and exemptions. Page 195 (pdf) 713.03 Liens for professional services. Page 108 (pdf) 713.79 Liens for interior design services. Page 11 (pdf) 1013.45 Educational facilities contracting and construction techniques for school districts and Florida College System institutions. Page 176 (pdf)